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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

I thought I would start off by showing you all the last cake
I made for my son’s girlfriend birthday.It was chocolate cake with berry pie filling oh so yummy!!!

So a few weeks I started this great project that was on the
Moda Bakeshop website.The quilt designer
is Pamela Jane Morgan.The blocks are so
adorable I can’t seem to get enough of them.She is releasing them two a week and I’m having a hard time every week
waiting for the next blocks.

I also made some pillows for my daughter’s sofa and for her
bed I like the way they turned out.

Lastly I made a block for an exchange for one of my quilt guilds.I used one of the splendid sampler quilt
block patterns with my own design.I
think she will like it.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Hard to believe I haven’t posted to my blog since
March.My daughter moved into her condo
the end of March and my dad, husband and I took about two weeks off work to fix
her place up we pretty much completely redid the kitchen. Everything turned out
really nice and my daughter is doing great having her own independence.I have really missed her we are so close and
not seeing her every day is hard.

I have continued to work on my Jennifer Reynold’s BOM they
are all such sweet patterns to stich this will be a nice quilt when it’s
done.

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I also started last year’s BOM from Sue Spargo called Folk-tails.I had so much on my plate last year with my
son’s wedding and our 5 months of remodeling I never got a chance to start
it.Sue has published her pattern so the
nice thing about waiting is I can post photo on my blog as I finish the blocks.I have the first 6 block completed and this
is really going to be a special quilt.

I’m looking forward to the 4th of July
holiday.Hope everyone has a wonderful
week.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Last weekend was my
guild’s quilt show as always it was a great time.Lots of friends, quilts and shopping. I was
pretty good I brought home some green and turquoise wool that was so
yummy.

My daughter’s condo
closing was delayed until this coming Monday so all the remodeling is on hold
for another week.Hopefully I can spend
some time in my sewing room this weekend considering once the moving and remolding
start I might not sew for weeks.

I finished the third
Jen Jennifer Reynold’s BOM.This one is
my favorite so far.

I also made a Polaroid
block to finish my block swap quilt I was short one block.I also put the quilt together and now I have
to quilt it. This will be the next top
that I quilt I have three tops waiting in the wings that need to be finished
right now.

Lastly two more POD
blocks eight more to go for the bookshelves part of the quilt.I’m excited to finish this!

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

So last Thursday my friend
Anna that I have been making all the nursery items for had her baby three weeks
early.Everyone did fine and the baby is
healthy but mom and dad were not ready thinking that they had a few more weeks
to get ready.So my husband and I ended
up making a trip to Baby’s R Us for them so they could bring home our sweet
little Gwendolyn.

I finished the bumper
pad’s for the crib this fabric is so cute.Anna was going to sew the sheets herself but now that she has a newborn I
think I will end up doing that.

I also make two more
sets of pillow cases everyone want’s cat pillow cases!!

Sunday I had a party
for my husband’s Birthday what a busy week this has been.I think he enjoyed himself.This is the yummy chocolate cake I made for
him!!!

The next week will
be just as busy with the quilt show the next four days.Nonstop fun and I’m going to have to figure
out how to get some baby time in.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

We have had lots of
rain the last few days and the wind was so strong that we had to take our flags
of the flag pole.Today seems to be
nicer just a little sprinkle.I have
been so mentally overloaded lately with helping my daughter with buying her
condo and getting ready to do a small remodel of her kitchen in her new place.
Thing will be crazy for the next three weeks so I’m trying to get as much
sewing done whenever I can.

This quilt has been
done for the last three weeks but I just hadn’t had time to take photos.I will be putting this quilt in our QA quilt
show this month.I made this for my son’s
girlfriend for a graduation gift I know she will like it she is very
girly.I had fun making this and I love Dresden’s
now but I have to say doing the split petals makes for a lot of bulk I have
lots of scraps for this because I didn’t read the instruction correctly and
made twice as many petals as I needed so I will more than likely make another
one to use up the scraps but not now.

I finished Anna’s
pillows for the nursery she loved them that made me happy.Now I have to make the bumper pads and then
most of the nursery will be done. My goal is to get it finished by the end of
this week that way I can concentrate on my daughters move.

So about a month ago
I brought home a fat quarter of this cat fabric thinking I would put it in my
POD (Harry Potter) quilt well my daughter saw it and went crazy and wanted pillow
cases made out of it and then my sons girlfriend was “I want them toooooo” so I
went back to the store and bought fabric for the pillow cases I used the green
colorway for my daughter it will go nicely with all the colors he has picked
for her new place.I stuck with the pink
or Olivia. They turned out really nice
they are already on their beds.

Lastly I started a quilt
a year ago called Annabelle’s Adventure by Michele Marll.I completed all the blocks by June and then I
got a wild hair (bunny joke) and decided to design my own border using elements
form the different blocks.So I drew it
all out and then got distracted with other project and deadlines.We I’m back to working on it and it’s coming out
very nice.This is the middle of the
four sides of the border this is inspired by Annabelle’s flower or her head. There will be some kites and maybe even pumpkins
and apples. I’m just really glad to back to this quilt it going to be amazing
when I’m done.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

As always it seems
like every week goes so fast.I spent
most of my week working on my second Sue Spargo block. I find I’m just obsessed with these as soon as
I start them and can’t seem to stop until I’m done.

I also worked on two
pillows for my friend that’s having a baby to decorate the baby’s room these
will look nice on the glider.This first
one is finished and the second one is quilted but needs to be sewn to make the
pillow.I should get the pillow forms by
the end of the week so I will take photos when they are stuffed.

We also had her baby
shower this weekend and she loved her quilt so that was really nice to see her
reaction.Her mother-in-law hosted the
shower and I made the cake I was really happy with the way it turned out yummy
and beautiful at the same time. I love making these naked cakes with fresh
flowers so much easier then sugar flowers and fondant.

About Me

This blog is dedicated to my love of quilting, sewing, cake decoration, photography and any other creative thing that catches my attention. I work as the Controller for a Private Equity firm in the Seattle area. I have three children and my husband and I love hiking and boating. I started quilting October 2010 and I have to say I’m so hooked. I have completed 68 quilts and joined two guilds. Hope you will enjoy sharing my creative experience.